c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.454

The Wars of the Jews 5.454

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.454

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

454This sight kept many of those within the city who were so eager to desert, till the truth was known; yet did some of them run away immediately as unto certain punishment, esteeming death from their enemies to be a quiet departure, if compared with that by famine.